{"id":183,"date":"2009-03-21T22:46:13","date_gmt":"2009-03-22T03:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/industrialglenn.com\/tools\/?p=183"},"modified":"2011-02-20T15:20:23","modified_gmt":"2011-02-20T20:20:23","slug":"international-forge-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/industrialglenn.com\/tools\/?p=183","title":{"rendered":"International Forge Company ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nI never heard of International Forge Company but this little ratchet looks very similar to an older model Craftsman. I thought that&#8217;s what it was when I saw it at the bottom of a yard sale milk crate full of junk . It had obviously spent some time outdoors or in a flooded basement.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-181\" title=\"1internationalratchet\" src=\"http:\/\/industrialglenn.com\/tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/1internationalratchet.jpg\" alt=\"1internationalratchet\" width=\"576\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"http:\/\/industrialglenn.com\/tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/1internationalratchet.jpg 720w, http:\/\/industrialglenn.com\/tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/1internationalratchet-300x100.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some white vinegar and a steel wool pad fixed that . When I say steel wool I mean SOS or Brillo not #4. The object isn&#8217;t to make the ratchet look like it just rolled off the assembly line, it&#8217;s to make it not look like it just traveled through Gamera&#8217;s digestive tract. This makeover took about 4 hours and 3 1\/2 of them were sitting in the vinegar. Not bad.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-182\" title=\"2internationalratchetafter\" src=\"http:\/\/industrialglenn.com\/tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/2internationalratchetafter.jpg\" alt=\"2internationalratchetafter\" width=\"563\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"http:\/\/industrialglenn.com\/tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/2internationalratchetafter.jpg 804w, http:\/\/industrialglenn.com\/tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/2internationalratchetafter-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 563px) 100vw, 563px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Inside however things weren&#8217;t so good. Someone hadn&#8217;t felt like using a breaker bar and tore the gear. They did so a few times as there were several teeth missing.<\/p>\n<p>To some a tool is just an ends to a means and this ratchet epitomized why I have a box full of import expendables in case some Cro-Mag needs to borrow something. <\/p>\n<p>In my spare parts cache, there were two gears that were very close in size.<\/p>\n<p>Some ratchets are beyond my ability to save so I strip them for parts. The donor gear was from an old Herbrand.<\/p>\n<p>I set my outside divider calipers to the new old gear&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-185\" title=\"3binternationalratchetcaliper\" src=\"http:\/\/industrialglenn.com\/tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/3binternationalratchetcaliper.jpg\" alt=\"3binternationalratchetcaliper\" width=\"368\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"http:\/\/industrialglenn.com\/tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/3binternationalratchetcaliper.jpg 525w, http:\/\/industrialglenn.com\/tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/3binternationalratchetcaliper-218x300.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-184\" title=\"3ainternationalratchet2\" src=\"http:\/\/industrialglenn.com\/tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/3ainternationalratchet2.jpg\" alt=\"3ainternationalratchet2\" width=\"403\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"http:\/\/industrialglenn.com\/tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/3ainternationalratchet2.jpg 576w, http:\/\/industrialglenn.com\/tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/3ainternationalratchet2-300x265.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and filed it down to fit. To do this I used a file with a safe edge, an edge with no teeth. That way the file cuts what I want and doesnt bother anything else<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-186\" title=\"4internationalratchetfile\" src=\"http:\/\/industrialglenn.com\/tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/4internationalratchetfile.jpg\" alt=\"4internationalratchetfile\" width=\"453\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"http:\/\/industrialglenn.com\/tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/4internationalratchetfile.jpg 647w, http:\/\/industrialglenn.com\/tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/4internationalratchetfile-300x293.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Filed a bit then checked with the calipers. When they fit over the new gear I knew that part of the gear is the same size as the corresponding part of the old gear. 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